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Strategic Initiatives & Cost Transformation - COO Office, Persistent Systems | IIM Ahmedabad | Corporate Strategy · FP&A · Value Creation | ex-Corporate Lawyer

About

I am part of the COO office at Persistent Systems, a $1.6B+ IT services firm, leading enterprise cost transformation and margin governance. Day to day, that means driving savings and margin targets across business units, challenging P&L forecasts against system data, and turning financial and operational analysis into decisions leadership can act on - consistently helping the business stay ahead of its savings and margin commitments. I came to strategy by an unusual route - five years as a corporate lawyer working on due diligence, deal structuring, and high-stakes negotiation before my MBA at IIM Ahmedabad (PGPX). That's where I learned to find the risk and the value buried in complexity - a lens that carries directly into the P&L and governance work I do now. My focus sits at the intersection of strategy & operations, value creation, business finance, and corporate development - bringing legal-grade rigor and financial judgment to decisions that move the P&L.

Location

Delhi

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Work experience

Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives at Persistent Systems, May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, • Lead the enterprise cost-savings program consistently exceeding the firm's savings targets. • Set savings and margin targets across operating units and challenge business-unit P&L forecasts, surfacing revenue and margin gaps to senior leadership. • Drive margin governance for the firm by partnering with OU finance and operations to strengthen gross margin. • Lead enterprise-wide investment governance - approvals, compliance, and audit-readiness - across all business units, ensuring deployment stays within sanctioned limits.

Senior Associate at NovusPro, Jul 2020 - Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Associate at Giri & Associates, Oct 2019 - Jun 2020 · 9 mos, Delhi, India, Led complex case and document analysis and multi-stakeholder client advisory.

Corporate Associate at DR & Associates, Sep 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr, Delhi, India, Supported corporate strategy and partnership initiatives for a leading film & media exhibition company - due diligence, alliance structuring, and deal development - partnering with leadership on growth opportunities and the resolution of complex commercial disputes.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

BBA LLB, Law, Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA